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The Browning surname

The Browning name in Orange County Indexed: 178 historical records, 9 people in the chronology and 4 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1911 most named in the 1830s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Deeds 1761–1869
  • Wills 1770–1863
  • Court minutes 1784–1811
  • Marriages 1795–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1828
In the chronology
1832 to 1983 9 people in 15 entries, most in the 1900s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 3 people, born 1806 to 1896
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (4), Stony Creek (3), Deep Creek (3), Ellerbe Creek (3), Back Creek (3), Great Road (2), Toms Creek (2), Haw Branch (1)
Married into
Couch 4, Pickett 3, Grimes 2, Cole 2, Scoggins 2, Rhew 2, Cates 2, Parker 2, Blanchard 1, Bowers 1, Brown 1, Holt 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Peelor 6, Pratt 6, Turner 5, Rencher 5, Street 4, Proctor 4, Castleberry 4, Anderson 3, Walker 3, Clinton 3, Leathers 3, Tate 3
People with a page here
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Hugh Conway Browning, William Andrew. Browning
Spellings to try
Bowling, Brownrigg, Brownen, Bowring, Browing
Search beyond these records

Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.

In the chronology 9 people

The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.

In books and archives 4 headings

Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.

In the historical records 178 records

46 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 62 marriages, 56 court minutes, 4 tax list entries and 9 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Browning marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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